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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "M"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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E.H. "Bud" Miller
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Credited with four E/A destroyed, two of
which were JU-88's, he is probably best
known for his accomplishment as a "jet
chaser". After downing one ME 262 in
February of 1945, he then, with his flight,
only flew on missions where 262's were
anticipated to be in the air.....
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Edward W. Miller
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"The luckiest flier in the AAF". Those were the words
Lt. Edward W. Miller used to describe himself
to a hometown newspaper reporter. He had
flown 85 missions in his P-47, the "Ila A"
and was hit on only 4 missions, making him
the least hit pilot in the 493rd Fighter
Squadron.
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Marvin W. Miller
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He flew virtually every fighter aircraft from the P-40 through the mach2 F-4 and F-106, for a
total of over 7,000 hours, practically all in
single engine fighters. He did a tour of
exchange duty with the US Navy and made
over 100 carrier landings aboard the USS
Midway, flying the F9F Panther. He completed 65 missions in Viet Nam flying the,
F-1OO and F-102.
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Harry D. Milligan
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Arriving in Great Britain in September of
1943, he was assigned to the 351st Fighter
Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group. After completion of tour #1 in P-47 Thunderbolts, and
a 30 day leave in the states, he returned to the
ETO for a second tour in P-51 Mustangs.
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Leslie David Minchew
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WWII FIGHTER ACE!
Final score
Awards: SS, DFC (3), AM (10), Distinguished Unit Citation
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Madge Rutherford Minton
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MADGE RUTHERFORD MINTON, born March 22,1920 in Greensburg,
Indiana, won her wings in 1940 as the only
woman member of the first Civilian Pilots'
Training Program in Indiana, Butler University, Indianapolis. Ex-barnstormer Elvan Tarkington taught Madge to fly in a Rearwin
9000. Later Virgil Simmons taught her aerobatics in an open cockpit biplane Waco
PT-14 and a bastard Fleet #1 with a #7
empennage.
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Howard C. Mitchell
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The 57th had field modified their new
Thunderbolts to fighter-bomber configuration in late 1943, and had pioneered the
application of the P-47 as a fighter-bomber.
The remarkable success of the P-47 during
the first few months of "Operation Strangle"
was a strong factor in the decision to convert
major P-47 production to fighter-bombers.
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Philip C. Mitchell
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PHILIP C. MITCHELL, born in
New York, New York, on September 8,
1924. He was one of the last aviation cadets
to enlist, signing up with the Army Air Force
two days after all manpower was frozen, in
December of 1942.......
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Lester Moak
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On the 18th of April 1942 (co-incidentally the day of Gen. Doolittle's Tokyo raid),
armed with parents' permission certificate,
he went to 39 Whitehall St. in N.Y.C.,
volunteered for Army Air Corps pilot training, passed written and physical exams and
was on his way. He preferred the Navy but did
not have the required college credit and as it
happened the Navy was successful in its
mission without his services...
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Stu Moak
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He wound
up with 79 missions and stayed with-the
squadron through the redeployment trip
home, R and R and out to LaJunta, Colorado,
where with the 358th, his 50th Group was to
combine into a super group under then Col.
Fred Gray, past association president also, to
train in N's and go to Okinawa. The war
ended before that could happen and he
returned to civilian life.
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